CVE-2020-16248

Name	CVE-2020-16248
Description	Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a vulnerability
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
prometheus-blackbox-exporter (PTS)	bullseye	0.18.0+ds-3	vulnerable
	bookworm	0.23.0-4	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	0.25.0-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
prometheus-blackbox-exporter	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3
Upstream of the project did disputed the CVE. Upstream position is
that the refererred behaviour is intended functionality.